Siphon.



PATENTE) MAR, 28, 1905x J, J. PWERS.

SIPHON.

.APPLICATION-FILED JUNE 11,1904.

/NVENTH mi {LC-II] WIT/VESSES: @ww/ ATTOHIVEYLS v NO. 786,150. 4 k Patented March 28, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEE-ICE.

JAMES J. POIERS, OF OENTRALPARK, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH Gr. POWERS AND GEORGE V. POWERS,OF OENTRALPARK, NET YORK.

SIPHON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,150, dated March 28, 1905.

Application filed June 11,1904. Serial No. 212,120.

T "W 'l0/wmf 775 WWU @0N/@WW n the breaking of suction in the Siphon at the Beitknown that I, JAMES J. POWERS, a citiproper moment regardless of the flow. The Zen of the United States, andaresident of Oenoutlet is controlled by a plate-valve 11, con- 50 tralpark, in the county ot' Nassau and State of nected to an arm 12, mountedtoswing in lugs 5 vNew York, have invented a new and Improved 13, attached to the contracted portion. In con- Siphon, of which the following is a full, clear, nection with the valve I employ an automatand exact description. ically-shii'ting weight. As shown here, the

This invention relates to improvements in arm 12 outward of its pivotal point has con- 55 siphons for drawing liquids from tanks, an nected to ita tubular lever 111, in which amov- IO object being to provide itself-charging Siphon able weight in the form of shot 15 is shown. with a novel means for causing a quick action Instead of the shot, however, it is obvious that of the valve at the outlet end. quicksilver may be employed, and, in fact,

A further object is to provide at the inlet I contemplate using any counterbalancingend of the Siphon a simple means for causing weight for the valve that will automatically I5 a rotary motion of the liquid while passing shift from one end of the lever to the other. through the Siphon, thus by centrifugal force The resistance oi' the valve to the weight of causing the liquid to impinge closely against column on the inlet side of the Siphon may be the interior ot' the Siphon at all parts and et'- regulated by varying the amount of weight 65 fectually preventing the entrance of air when of the counterweight.

2O the device is in operation, permitting a con- In operation the resistance caused by the stant and rapid How. counter-weight closes the valve 11 and creates Other objects otl the invention will appear an air-lockl in the Siphon, the said counterin the general description. weight being proportioned to balance the re- 7 0 I will describe a Siphon embodying` my insistance until the iluid on the short arm side 2 5 vention and then point out the novel features has risen above the top of the Siphon to any in the appended claim. desired height, and when the desired point is Reference is to be had to the accompanying reached the valve resistance is Overcome by drawings, forminga part of this specification, the air-compression in the Siphon, and the 75 in which similar characters of reference indivalve yields or opens, thus allowing' the iluid cate corresponding parts in all igures. to enter the Siphon in full volume, thereby Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in secinsuring a thorough charging of the Siphon. tion, of a Siphon embodying my invention. The shifting oli' the movable weight toward Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 the fulcrum-point lessens the resistance ot' the 8O is a detail, Showing the controlling-valve as valve to the descending fluid and permits free open. delivery. The shifting is aided by the lever Referring to the drawings, 5 designates the 14 being inclined with relation to the plane short or inlet arm of the siphon, and 6 the long of the valve.

or outlet arm, the two arms being connected Having thus described my invention, Iclaim 85 together by a horizontal pipe 7. At the end, as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 40 of the short arm 5 is an outwardly-flared por- A siphon havingthe end of its short arm tion 8, having ribs 9 formed on its inner side, flared or bell shape, and provided on its inthe said ribs having a spiral trend which will ner face with spiral ribs and the end of itslong cause the water flowing through the siphon arm contracted, and provided with lugs pro- 90 to have a rotary motion. The outlet end jecting below the same, an arm pivoted beoiu the long arm 6 is contracted, as indicated tween its ends to the lugs of the long arm of at 10, and this contracted end, in connection the Siphon, a plate-valve secured to one end of with the enlarged or bell-shaped inlet, insures the pivoted arm and adapted to seat on the contreated end of the long arm to close the same,

a tubular lever having at one end an angular member secured to the other end of the pvotecl arm, whereby the tubular lever is inclined to 5 the plane of the valve,and shot in the said tubular arm, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two suhsorlhing witnesses.

I JAMES J. POWERS.

Witnesses:

JNO. M. RITTER, C. R. FERGUSON. 

